- Family : EUPHORBIACEAE
(Spurge Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : AMLA FAMILY (आँवला फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Euphorbiaceae
- Basionym : Adelia resinosa Blanco
- Synonym(s) : Mallotus intermedius (Baill.) N.P.Balakr.; Mallotus subramanyamii J.L.Ellis; Mallotus muricatus (Wight) Müll.Arg.; Mallotus resinosus var. muricatus (Wight) N.P.Balakr. & Chakr.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.
- Vernacular name :
- Kattupulasai, Karuvalichi (Tamil)
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Common as undergrowth in deciduous to evergreen forests.
- Key identification features : Young branchlets compressed. Capsule with many regular spines. Leaves sparsely yellow-glandular beneath.
- Flower, Fruit : December-October
- Collection Nos : KFP 8412, CJS 11244, CJS 14204
- Distribution :
- Karnataka : Hassan district, Mysuru district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Uttara Kannada district
- Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Malappuram district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Maharashtra : Raigad district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district, Tirunelveli district
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Native : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Borneo, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, New Guinea, Philippines, Australia, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Thailand, Vietnam
- Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
- Literature :
- Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Flora of Hassan district, Karnataka
- Saldanha, C. J. 1996. Flora of Karnataka vol. 2
- Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Flora of Coorg district, Karnataka state
- Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3): 542-569
- Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1987). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 2
- Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Mallotus resinosus. Downloaded on 27 July 2024.
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Botanical Description
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Herbarium Specimen(s)
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Field Image(s)
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Habitat
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India Distribution
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World Distribution
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